About the Company

To respond to the priorities of the Government of Ontario through the passage of the Bill 5, Protect Ontario by Unleashing Our Economy Act 2025, the resource may be partially assigned to Bill 5 related projects or initiatives on an as needed basis.

About the Role

Candidate MUST work 3 days onsite. This is subject to change based on manager discretion or change in OPS policy.

Responsibilities

- Collaborates with product managers, product owners, and technical team to develop test strategies and test plans
- Strong understanding of manual testing practices to support developing manual test scripts, test cases and/or test scenarios
- Assist with planning and creating test data as it relates to each test phase
- Executes quality assurance and testing activities for various types of testing such as integration testing, functional testing, regression testing, unit testing, load testing, performance testing and accessibility testing
- Plans and organizes testing efforts in both front-end and back-end application components/environments
- Communicate test results regularly through reports that summarize test completion and defects found
- Help with the implementation of the project technical testing strategy and methodology. This includes testing of integration points and interfaces and non-functional requirements (e.g. fail-over, component response times, data integrity, security)
- Evaluate test results against acceptance criteria to determine successful completion of the sprint increment
- Defines and measures acceptance criteria for test cases




- Record all defects/issues in the Cluster’s defect reporting tool (Microsoft Azure DevOps), including detailed descriptions, screenshots, and steps to re-produce
- Participate in elicitation and business requirement workshop sessions, sprint reviews and/or walkthrough meetings
- Work with cross-functional teams to ensure quality throughout the agile / iterative solution development lifecycle
- Conducts post-release / post-implementation testing

Qualifications

Experience and Skill Set Requirements

Required Skills

- Experience in planning, organizing and implementing testing efforts at the specified experience level
- Knowledge of structured methodologies for the development, design, implementation and maintenance of applications
- Knowledge and experience in the use of Computer Aided Software Engineering (CASE) tools and data query tools to aid in the development of test cases
- Knowledge and experience in the use of automated test tools and version control systems on one or more platforms
- Experience executing functional tests, non-functional tests and systems level integration tests
- Experience supporting user acceptance testing and participating in UAT activities
- Experience with quality assurance principles, practices, tools and structured methodologies




- Experience creating testing strategy documentation, test plans, test cases and test data for various types and phases of testing, including technical and business functional validation
- Experience in quality assurance and testing, including unit testing, integration testing, load testing, performance testing, etc.
- Knowledge and experience in all phases of the Systems Development Life Cycle
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills; organizational, creativity and perseverance skills; verbal and written communication skills; and interpersonal skills
- A team player with a track record for meeting deadlines
- Knowledge of one or more automated testing tools

Preferred Skills

- Knowledge and experience in at least one programming language
- Experience in the use of information retrieval packages
- Knowledge and understanding of testing methods in an object-oriented setting
- Knowledge and understanding of Information Management principles, concepts, policies and practices.
- Knowledge and understanding of Accessibility for Ontarians with Disability Act (AODA) and related regulations and standards
- Experience planning and organizing testing efforts for both large and small systems
- Experience coding automated test scripts to produce sets of automated test cases
- Experience testing Commercial Off-the Shelf Applications (COTS)

Pay range and compensation package

Not specified in the provided job description.

Equal Opportunity Statement

We are committed to diversity and inclusivity in our hiring practices.

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